Welcome to Amnesty International - Orlando Chapter 519We are #OrlandoStrong

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Our local group is made up of passionate volunteers from all walks of life and of all ages. Everyone is welcome!Monthly Meetings

Meetings are held at 6 PM the first Monday of each month, except September (the 2nd Monday) at the Marks Street Senior Center (Pine Room), 99 East Marks Street Orlando Florida (NW corner of Marks Street & Magnolia Avenue).Getting Involved!! Interested in supporting human rights on a local level but not sure where to start? Here’s how….

"It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." – Peter Benenson, Amnesty International Founder

In the beginning…In 1961, a British lawyer by the name Peter Benenson launched a worldwide campaign, ‘Appeal for Amnesty’ with the publication of a prominent article, ‘The Forgotten Prisoners’, in The Observer newspaper. The reason for this action was because of the imprisonment of two Portuguese students who were sentenced to 7 years in prison for publicly raising their wine glasses in a toast to freedom.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The work that Amnesty International does is based off the articles outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 217A (III) of 10 December 1948. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the UDHR is the “most translated document” in the world.

Amnesty International's Urgent Action Network provides an effective and rapid response to urgent situations involving prisoners of conscience, detainees, and other individuals whose human rights are being imminently threatened. Members of the Urgent Action Network compose and send letters, e-mails, and faxes to government officials who have the power to stop the human rights violations. Amnesty International USA receives Urgent Action cases daily from Amnesty International's London headquarters. These Urgent Actions are immediately processed and sent to the more than 12,000 individuals, Amnesty International USA chapters, schools, religious groups, and professional and special interests groups which make up the Urgent Action Network in the United States. Once the Urgent Action communications are generated and received, relevant authorities quickly realize that their actions are witnessed by an international audience deeply concerned about the case's outcome.Join the Urgent Action Network today!

The Prisoner of Conscience This is a person who has been imprisoned because of their race, religion, color, language, sexual orientation, belief, or lifestyle so long as they have not used or advocated violence. It also refers to those who have been imprisoned and/or persecuted for the non-violent expression of their conscientiously-held beliefs. Jeannine Walsh is the groups Urgent Action coordinator. Throughout the year, she distributes emails from the Urgent Action network to members of the local group. With Jeannine's help, the Orlando Chapter manages to write a few hundred letters every year on behalf of prisoner of conscience around the world.

Who We Are

Amnesty International campaigns for internationally recognized human rights for all. Ever since 1961, we’ve worked around the globe to stop the abuse of human rights. Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world - so we work to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity. We now have more than 3 million members, supporters and subscribers in over 150 countries and territories, in every region of the world.

What We Do

We promote and educate about the full range of human rights while encouraging governments, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, businesses and financial institutional and other non-state actors, along with individuals, to support and respect human rights for all.

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Amnesty International's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

In pursuit of this vision, Amnesty International's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.

Amnesty International is independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion. It does not support or oppose any government or political system, nor does it support or oppose the views of the victims whose rights it seeks to protect. It is concerned solely with the impartial protection of human rights.

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